corporate raid
Forced company buyout
A corporate raid is an attempt to buy a controlling stake in a company, often against the wishes of its management.
The raider typically acquires shares quickly on the open market, then pushes for changes—selling assets, replacing leadership, or breaking up the company for profit.
The corporate raid triggered a fierce battle between shareholders and the board.
Raiders may be called activist investors when their intentions seem constructive.
- freezeoutDeliberate total ostracism
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- greenmailPremium buyback from raider
buyout · bear hug · predator · white knight · control · tender offer · proxy fight · business · shareholder activism · ruthless · leveraged buyout · junk bonds · antitrust laws · target company · asset stripping · securities · merger · suit
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- raidsforay, incursion, blitz, maraud, marauding
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- power grabscoup d'etat, hostile takeover, military coup, overthrow, palace coup
- power tacticspower play, power grab, strong-arm, strong-arming, strongarm
- M&Amerger, acquisition, takeover, hostile takeover, leveraged buyout
corporate raidfriendly merger
Mutually agreed company union
friendly takeover · strategic partnership · joint venture · management buyout · mutual agreement
corporate raiddivestiture
Disposal of assets
poison pill · spinoff · spin-off · shark repellent · golden parachute
corporate raidorganic growth
Growth arising internally, gradually
employee ownership · reinvestment · value investing · stewardship
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